Coal-cart



UNITED .STATES PATENT Y OFFICE.

.IOsEPI-I R. sAcLn, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLANI').

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,461, dated October 22, 1889.

Application led September 7,1889. Serial No. 323,300. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOSEPH R. SAGLE, a citi` zen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coal- Carts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a wagon for Vhaul'- ing and delivering coal, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the wagon. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the wagon running-gear. Fig. 3 is a detail section on line 3 3. Fig. 4 is a view of the platform-plate.

The letter A designates the wheels B, the rear axle; B', the platform on springs a, which are on the front axle; b, the fifth-wheel, and C the reach-bars, resting on said fifth-wheel and on cross-bars on the rear springs a. As shown in Fig. 2, the front and rear ends of the two reach-bars C are parallel, and at the center said bars are curved or bent in, as at cl, toward each other, and also, as shown in Fig. l, are bent Or arched upward,V as at e. This construction provides or forms at the center a short elevated horizontal length f of the bars, and to this elevated part two hangerbars G are attached. These hangers are |-l-shaped Or swing-shaped, and at their up per ends have hooks f which take over the elevated part f of the two reach-bars and hang down between them. Aplatform-plate N has notched corners j, and sets upon the two hangers G, and a central hole m serves for the free passage of the lift-screw P. The

body or box D of the wagon has a hoppershaped bottom g, and at each end has boxes or bearings h. Vertical guide-rods F are attached by their lower ends to cross-bars O, eX- tending between the reach-bars, and each guide-rod its loosely in one of said bearings 7L. The hopper D has at its top a gate or The vertical lift-screw P has its upper end fixed in any suitable way to the base or bot- 5o toni Of thehOpper-body, and projects downward through the hole m in the platformplate. A pinion 'r is internally screw-threaded, and its on the lift-screw Pand rests on the platform-plate. This pinion r turns like a nut 5 5 on the lift-screw, but does not advance or change its position. A worm s is On a shaft spwhich turns in bearings t on the platformplate. This shaft projects in a crosswise direction, and at each end has a square end o, for attachment of a vcrank-handle. The worm s engages the pinion fr, and by turning the worin-shaft s the lift-screw P, and consequently the body D, will be raised or lowered. The brake-shoes U are attached to a rockshaft w on one of the rear cross-bars, and a rod w" leads to a` foot-lever wg, by which the brake is operated.

The drivers seat a: is shown in Figs. I and 2. From the description already given the operation of the mechanism will be understood. Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the two reach-bars C, having their front and rear ends parallel and at the center curved or bent in toward each other, and also arched upward, two

Ihanger-bars G, att-ached to the centerof said reach-bars and hanging down between them, a plate N, setting on said hangers, a hopperbox D, and a lift-screw P, attached to the hopper-box and passing down through the plate.

2. The combination Of the reach-bars C, two hanger-bars G, attached to the center of said reach-bars and hanging down between them, a plate N, setting on said hangers, an internally-screw-threaded pinion r, resting on said plate, a worm engaging the said pinion and mounted on a crank-shaft s', a hopperbox, and a lift-screw attached to the hopperbox and passing through said pinion.

In testimony whereof I aiIix my signatu re i'n the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH R. SAGLE.

Witnesses:

J OIIN E. MORRIS, JNO. T. MADDOX. 

